Wesleyan Sans Street Chapel (1846)

. Caughey’s work in England was predominately in the north. He would tend to stay several months in each town, ministering usually in two, three or four chapels during his stay. The organisation in the Methodist Church at this time was excellent; the administrators would normally record exactly the numbers giving their lives to the Lord. Caughey’s letters are full of analysis of the conversions; how many were backsliders, how many came from the world, who were from the country, who were from the town etc. The following is a table which shows the success of his mission in England.

Justified Sanctified Total

Liverpool 1300 400 1700

Leeds 1600 1000 2600

Hull 2300 900 3200

Sheffield 3352 1448 4800

Huddersfield 1879 755 2634

York 1314 727 2041

Birmingham 2800 1400 4200

Nottingham 1412 553 1965

Lincoln 368 283 651

Boston 260 140 400

Sunderland 711 227 938

Gateshead 80 46 126

Scarborough134 66 200

Chesterfield 599 137 736

Doncaster 356 170 526

Macclesfield 260 140 400

Wakefield 200 130 330

Various visits: London, Leeds, Hull,

Sheffield, Huddersfield, Manchester,

Belper and places in Derbyshire,

Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire

etc., at a moderate computation

1500 500 2000

TOTALS 20,425 8,522 28,947

Some of these are estimates, but the author says he has estimated on the low side. Excluding a three month trip to the continent, Caughey spent 41/2 years in England and more than 20,000 were converted. No doubt this number would have been even higher had the Methodist leadership not closed their Chapels to his ministry; therefore forcing him to leave the country in July 1847.

Additional Information

The chapel was approximately in the middle of these two photos. The chapel was built in 1793.